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There aren't any climbs closer than 30km to Pau. You will really need to do a 100km to 150km trip to get at the big ones. Distance from Pau to start of climbs. Col de Marie Blanque 50km Col du Portalet & Aubisque 38km Lac de Bious Artigues 52km Somport 60km Pierre Saint Martin 57km...

Yea but it is 21km from the east or 12 from the north, great climb. From Lourdes ride up the valley to Argeles and then over the Spandelles and the Soulor, the combination of these two is a real killer, you will have 2000m of climbing in less than 40km, then over the borderers or Le Tech or Lac...

I think you will find all the info you need here. http://www.velopeloton.com/cycling/

If you go to the Pyrenees you wont find a better place for a cycling holiday than La Lanterne Rouge. I there last summer, am going again in June. http://www.velopeloton.com

I've asked a friend who is solicitor in england, his take is that Landis now risks arrest in any EU state. If he landed in Spain for instance and a check of his passport shows an outstanding warrant from France the Spanish police will arrest him and inform the French who can then drop it or...

The only chance Floyd has of not destroying the rest of his life is to get on the next plane to Paris and start singing like a canary. According to the French newspaper Le Monde "The arrest warrant, which is valid "for France", was issued by the magistrate of Nanterre, Thomas Cassuto, for...

Cycling in the Pyrenees. http://www.velopeloton.com/blog/

Dan Martin

WTF is this?

Argeles-Gazost would be my recommendation. However I think you will find that all the hotels are fully book this last 2 months. Bring your own bike. Camping may be your only option now. Get up the Tourmalet as early as possible. It will be closed on Sunday 18th for the Etape and I have...

Anyone know what happened to this website? seems to be gone.

Quite right. Pic du Midi de Bigorre = Middle Peak of Bigorre, Bigorre is the ancient region now known as Hautes Pyrenées.

Here are a few from the Pyrenees. Hautacam = High Land. Cambasque = Basque Land Soulor = from original Gascon language, meaning now unknown. To me anyway. Tourmalet = Many French say that it means "Bad Detour" or "Bad Trip", Tour is same in English and mal is French for bad. However...

Irish amature rider paul Healion out sprints the pros to win stage 6 of the FBD Rás. Paul died in a car accident in August.

The Tour in 2011 will start in the Vendée department, most probably in La Roche-sur-Yon.